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Orange

September's color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge was orange and these are the 3 blocks I made over the weekend using my orange 2" squares. I bought some Kona snow fabric especially for this project to contrast well with the rainbow colors.

It is a simple 25 square block idea that I came up with as I dozed off one night, but I think in a variety of colors with Kona snow sashing between them they'll make a stunning quilt.

I have made my dogs some dog jackets lately and was asked for the pattern, since all dogs are different sizes that is difficult to do, but I am going to do a tutorial showing how I did it.

This is the pattern for my medium sized dog Henry the Cockapoo, I have laid it on my cutting mat folded in half and lined up with the inch marks so that you can copy the pattern onto a grid if you would like to try this:

And this is the pattern for my small Maltipoo Ebony again it is folded in half and lined up on the inch grid so you can copy it if you would like to:

Once you have created a paper pattern you can lay it over your dog to determine if you need to enlarge the pattern or decrease the size to suit your own dog.
Then you need a piece of fabric and some batting. Any scrappy patchwork or UFO you no longer want will do fine for this or you can take the time to create a patchwork design that suits your dogs personality. Spray baste the top to the battingLay the pattern on top and cut out the p…